LAHORE-Promising Asad Zaman shocked seeded player Haider Ali Rizwan to face Hussnain Ali Rizwan in the boys U-14 final of the Millat Tractors Junior National Tennis Championship 2021 here at the PLTA Courts on Friday.
The first boys U-14 semifinal between Asad Zaman and Haider Ali Rizwan proved to be an entertaining encounter, where both the players matched fire-with-fire but Asad played better tennis to win the match 6-2, 6-4. Asad is a ball-picker but an emerging talent, who is being sponsored by McDonald’s and trained by renowned coach Rashid Malik of ZTBL, who has termed this young lad as a future tennis star, seeing his way of learning and dedication towards this game. In the other semifinal of this category, Hussnain Ali Rizwan overwhelmed Ahtesham Humayun 6-2, 6-1.
In men’s singles semifinals, Imran Bhatti beat Farman Shakeel 7-5, 6-3 while Hasheesh Kumar beat Fayyaz Khan 6-3, 6-0. The U-18 semifinals saw Faizan Fayyaz outlasting Nalain Abbas 6-2, 6-4 and Hasheesh Kumar facing tough resistance from Mahatir Muhammad before winning the encounter 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. In the U-18 doubles semifinals, Hasheesh Kumar/Mahatir Muhammad beat Ali Talha/Ahtesham Arif 4-1, 4-0 while Farman Shakeel/Nalain Abbas beat Arman Kamran/Zaeem Ghafoor 4-1, 4-1.
The first semifinal of the girls U-18 proved to be one-sided affair where Natalia Zaman thrashed Labika Durab 6-0, 6-0 while in the second semifinal, Amna Ali Qayyum faced tough fight from top seed Zahra Suleman before winning the match 6-2, 6-0.
In the girls U-14 semifinals, Labika Durab outpaced Soha Ali 6-2, 6-1 while Amna Ali Qayyum once again showed her class and thrashed Anaya Shafi 6-0, 6-0.
The U-12 semifinals saw Abubakar Talha outsmarting spirited Haniya Minhas 4-1, 4-2 and sensational Ameer Mazari outclassing young Hamza Ali Rizwan 4-0, 4-1. In the seniors 35 plus doubles semifinals, Tariq Sadiq/Kashif Rehmat defeated Fayyaz Khan/Arif Feroze 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 while Talha Waheed (G&OPL)/Ashar Ali Khan toppled Mehboob Waheed/Muhammad Yousaf 6-2, 6-3. The finals of the different age categories will be played today (Saturday).
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